McCormack & Wallace

Ventriloquial act, opens in “two” and closes in “one.” was very well received.

Marshall Montgomery

15 min in one. This ventriloquist has been seen and much enjoyed here before. Doing the regulation stunts with his dummy, throwing his voice while drinking and smoking with telephone and bird-warbling variations. Received advance applause and held the spot O.K. up to a very satisfactory finish.

Sam Massey.

12 Mins. One. Sam Massey is but a mediocre ventriloquist. His lip movements could be seen from the gallery Monday night. All of the gags are “selected material,” and his routine of tricks carries the usual drinking and smoking bits. His biggest applause winner was the tooth pulling bit on the dummy. If Sam has decided to try further in vaudeville he should have some one go to work on his material and his English. With his act in the shape that It Is at present It doesn’t appear possible that Massey is going. to have any great opportunity to keep trying his routine on regular audiences.

Howard Martell and Co.

  16 Mini.; Two. Howard Marten works with a single dummy, eating and smoking for the better part of the act. He is assisted by an attractive woman, who exchanges a few lines of dialog, just about sufficient to give the turn a slight skit structure. Mr. Martell’s conversation with the dummy follows the conventional lines, the talk holding an average number of laughs. An effective finish is achieved by Martell walking half way up the aisle, with the dummy singing. Good small timer.

FREO WEBER and CO.

  14 Mins. A drop showing the stage entrance of a theatre with a messenger boy (dummy), seated on a bench outside, with the man working the dummy from the back, gives the act a little different opening. A woman dues a small bit with the dummy and does not appear again in the act. The man takes up his position on the bench and the act continues, although, for a couple of bits, the dummy is again worked from the back. Another dummy, a baby, is brought in neatly and a very good “kid” crying bit is introduced. The act is a little different from the many ventriloquial offerings. There is no attempt at eating and drinking while handling the dummy, and the turn runs along smoothly and evenly with a reason. The singing and yodeling are very good, and the act makes for very good entertainment in its present surroundings. The act would stand up very nicely in the smaller big-time circuits. It went very good here, getting nice applause throughout and finishing strong.

The Great Lester

From a ventriloquil stand-point in the business, his material is not as funny as it might be, but he made a hit just the same. 23 minutes in one.

Grace de Winters

17 min in 1. This girl has a ventriloquial act somewhat different, giving a serious of imitations of stage celebrities, changing costumes for each number. Went over well.

Tom Edwards and Alice Melville

30 minutes f.s. C.D.F. Short close in one. Olio drop. Edwards is doing about the same act that he gave us on his last visit about eight years ago. Opens with some motion pictures of a Kaffir war dance in South Africa. The woman who assists him is also a ventriloquist, and has a good singing voice. A comedy hit.

Dave Rapheal & Co.

One man works before the audience. A ventriloqual [sic] novelty. “A morning in Rickville.” A very good novelty using a number of dummies, dogs and monkeys. Plenty of laughs but only a fair hand at finish. 15 min.